Notes on Books & Life
I had so much fun participating in the recent readathon that I was delighted to discover there’s another reading-focused event (albeit a more laid-back one) kicking off tomorrow. Bout of Books is completely new to me, though this is the tenth time the event is being held. As I write this post, there are more …
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Robertson Davies was first recommended to me by a fellow employee at my first bookstore job. She didn’t recommend him to everyone, she said, but for the right person, he was a treat. She thought I might be one of those people. Since then, I’ve been picking up his novels as I’ve come across them …
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Gooooood morning! It’s already a couple of hours into the readathon, but this is as early as I could manage to get myself up and going on the west coast of the US. It’s currently 6:45am here. I did sneak in some audiobook listening while I made breakfast, but other than that, I’m at my …
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb was recommended to me a while back, as you’ll see in a moment. It’s the second book I’ve read for the 2014 TRB Pile Challenge. (Black Swan Green by David Mitchell, which was phenomenal, was the first.) About the Book: Dominick Birdsey has a lot going …
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Happy Easter, if that’s your cup of tea! If not, then happy Sunday. A week from yesterday is a gloriously fun day: Dewey’s Read-a-Thon! That’s 24 hours of reading (by those who can go that long without sleep, at least) by participants around the world. The event happens twice a year, in the spring and …
